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Originally posted by punkworld
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It's a bit like Popper's evolutionary theory of knowledge: we create a theory (or definition), see how well it works, if it proves not to be correct we change it, but all the while there is progress and we come closer to the truth with each new and improved theory (even though we will never know what the 'truth' is, or even if it exists or not).
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What if the concept of "progress" itself [as exemplified by evolving from theory to theory] is an illusion?
http://www.antithesis.com/features/dignity_06.html